Bill Commons

NY S 255

in committee

Relates to access to nursing home residents by essential caregivers

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 255 pass?

Not yet. NY S 255 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HEALTH

What is NY S 255 about?

Relates to access to nursing home residents by essential caregivers; establishes safety protocols and appeals processes.

Who sponsors NY S 255?

Patrick M. Gallivan is the primary sponsor of NY S 255.

Description

Relates to access to nursing home residents by essential caregivers; establishes safety protocols and appeals processes.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HEALTH
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Patrick M. Gallivanprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9874not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 3727

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S255?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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Use this data

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Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

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